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Policy is no longer being written by politicians accountable to the American public. Instead, policies concerning the defense budget, deregulation, health care, public transportation, job training programs, and a host of other crucial areas are now largely written by lobbyists who represent mega corporations.
Henry Giroux
Health
Training
Care
Job
Politicians
Defense
Defense Budget
Other
Programs
Lobbyists
Mega
Corporations
Job Training
Area
Crucial
Host
Written
Instead
Longer
Budget
Policies
Concerning
Policy
Health Care
Accountable
American
Represent
Being
Public
American Public
Deregulation
Transportation
Who
Now
Largely
The average American doesn't realize how much of the laws are written by lobbyists.
Eric Schmidt
Lobbyists
Laws
Written
How
How Much
American
Average
Realize
Average American
Much
Because the Second Amendment is an incomprehensible mess, because too many lobbyists have argued that it is an absolute protection of actions and items never considered at the time of our nation's founding, and because there is a clear state interest in protecting the lives of its citizens, the words must be removed from the Constitution.
Kurt Eichenwald
Time
Constitution
Words
Protection
Nation
Too
Lobbyists
State
Our
Considered
Must
Citizens
Absolute
Argued
Never
Clear
Mess
Protecting
Because
Items
Amendment
Interest
Many
Actions
Lives
Founding
Incomprehensible
Second
Second Amendment
The crush of lobbyists on Washington and purchase of the media by corporations has created a big business-run government and a worthless press leaving Americans screwed and ill-informed.
Adam McKay
Government
Big
Lobbyists
Corporations
Press
Worthless
Purchase
Crush
Leaving
American
Screwed
Created
Washington
Media
The ability of big money to shape perceptions - where you have four anti-climate lobbyists for every single member of the House and Senate - is a big factor.
Al Gore
You
Money
Single
Big
Every
Lobbyists
Member
Ability
Perceptions
Factor
Shape
House
Big Money
Senate
Where
Four
Unless public officials are wealthy and fund their own campaigns, the only place they can turn to is lobbyists and institutions like labor unions and corporations.
Bob Beckel
Own
Unions
Lobbyists
Unless
Corporations
Wealthy
Only
Like
Institutions
Campaigns
Labor
Officials
Place
Public
Turn
Public Officials
Fund
Because Bernie is going to bring in progressives and not lobbyists and people who are pro-corporate... for the establishment of the Democratic party, Bernie Sanders was more dangerous than Donald Trump.
Cenk Uygur
People
Dangerous
Party
Lobbyists
Progressives
Bernie Sanders
More
Democratic
Democratic Party
Because
Trump
Than
Donald
Donald Trump
Going
Establishment
Who
Bring
Lobbyists didn't descend from a spaceship. They evolved organically from the way we do business.
Christopher Buckley
Business
Lobbyists
Way
Evolved
Spaceship
Organically
Descend
This is the fundamental problem with the ruling class in Washington, D.C. - the party bosses, the K Street crowd, the lobbyists who control all these politicians. They will do anything to maintain their power. They will do anything. They will say anything.
Corey Lewandowski
Class
Problem
Will
Power
Party
Control
Politicians
Lobbyists
Say
Ruling
Ruling Class
Bosses
Crowd
Maintain
Anything
Who
Washington
Fundamental
Street
The judge turned his back towards me, sitting back on his judge's chair, while I was in the witness stand being questioned. The whole courtroom was full of these anarchists, leftists, communists and Jewish lobbyists.
Ernst Zundel
Me
Judge
Witness
Lobbyists
Back
Anarchist
Towards
Courtroom
His
Questioned
Sitting
Being
While
Turned
Stand
Communists
Full
Whole
Chair
Jewish
What I do like about Donald Trump is that he's not bought by the lobbyists. He put up his own money, funded his own campaign. That means he's nobody's puppet.
Fat Joe
Money
Own
Lobbyists
Puppet
About
He
Put
Bought
Nobody
Like
His
Trump
Campaign
Up
Donald
Donald Trump
Means
Global poverty is the product of reversible policy failures overseen by politicians, past and present. The poorest of the poor don't vote in American or European elections. They don't make donations to political parties or hire lobbyists in D.C., London or Canberra.
Hugh Evans
Vote
Political
Poverty
Past
Politicians
Lobbyists
London
Failures
Global
Parties
Make
Policy
Hire
Political Parties
American
Canberra
Donations
Poor
Poorest
Elections
Product
European
Present
Many of the earmark request forms are actually filled out by lobbyists and then just turned in by the member's staff to the appropriations committee.
Jeff Flake
Earmark
Lobbyists
Member
Out
Committee
Just
Staff
Forms
Turned
Request
Then
Many
Filled
Actually
America is one of the biggest businesses in the world, and the people who run it can't balance their budget. We need business people in there and lobbyists out of there.
John Paul DeJoria
Business
Balance
People
World
Lobbyists
Out
Run
Budget
America
Biggest
Business People
Who
Businesses
Need
I believe in lower taxes. I believe in more efficient government. I believe in reducing bureaucracy. I believe that we shouldn't have lobbyists who can go in or former government workers who can come back and lobby.
Mark Cuban
Government
Believe
Lobby
Lobbyists
Back
More
Come
Reducing
Go
Government Workers
Efficient
Bureaucracy
Former
Taxes
Workers
Lower
Lower Taxes
Who
I taught policy and politics for seven years at a university. I told my students lobbyists are not a bad thing; they're absolutely vital.
Mike Quigley
Politics
Lobbyists
Seven
Bad
Vital
Absolutely
Bad Thing
Students
Policy
Years
Taught
Thing
University
I represent poor people, I represent working people. I represent senior citizens. I represent family businesses. I represent people who don't have the wherewithal to hire overpriced Washington lobbyists and lawyers. I want to send the powers back to the states and the people.
Paul Broun
Family
People
Lobbyists
Back
States
Citizens
Lawyers
Powers
Hire
Send
Represent
Senior
Senior Citizens
Want
Wherewithal
Poor
Poor People
Working
Working People
Who
Businesses
Washington
Even though the Koch brothers' businesses put 4.4 million people at risk with pollutants, the Kochs have poured millions into lobbyists' coffers and political contributions to ensure their bottom line stays unchanged by the most basic safety precaution.
Robert Greenwald
People
Safety
Political
Lobbyists
Ensure
Though
Brothers
Stays
Risk
Unchanged
Poured
Bottom
Bottom Line
Put
Most
Line
Precaution
Contributions
Businesses
Even
Basic
Million
Million People
Millions
John McCain has taken tens of millions of dollars from special interests and lobbyists in his senate and presidential campaigns. Now, we have to wonder if he will be able to remain objective on national security matters, as millions pour into his 'charity' from oppressive foreign governments.
Roger Stone
Charity
Will
Pour
National
Matters
Lobbyists
Presidential
Security
John
Able
Objective
John McCain
Remain
He
Taken
Tens
Tens Of Millions
Foreign
Dollars
His
Oppressive
Governments
Campaigns
Wonder
Senate
National Security
McCain
Interests
Special
Special Interests
Now
Millions
Millions Of Dollars
The air is dirty because of the electricity monopolists. They have powerful money lobbyists.
Sam Wyly
Money
Lobbyists
Air
Dirty
Powerful
Because
Electricity
I've made it clear that I'm not taking special interest PAC money or accepting donations from lobbyists - ever. I want to represent the interests of the citizens.
Stephen Pagliuca
Money
Made
Lobbyists
Citizens
Clear
Taking
Accepting
Donations
Represent
Want
Interest
Interests
Special
Special Interest
Ever
Iowa has sent notice that the Republican nominee for the next president of the United States will not be chosen by the media. Will not be chosen by the Washington establishment. Will not be chosen by the lobbyists. But will be chosen by the most incredible powerful force, where all sovereignty resides in our nation by we the people.
Ted Cruz
People
Will
Nation
President
Incredible
Lobbyists
Our
States
Powerful
Powerful Force
Most
Force
Nominee
Iowa
Sovereignty
Where
Establishment
Republican
Sent
Next
Notice
Washington
Media
Chosen
United
United States
Resides
Trump has the courage to stand up to Wall Street, to the K Street lobbyists, and say our trade deals have not been best for the ordinary, average citizen American.
Virgil Goode
Best
Courage
Citizen
Lobbyists
Our
Say
Trade
Deals
Been
Trump
Up
Wall
Wall Street
American
Ordinary
Average
Stand
Stand Up
Street
Lobbying is not a bad thing. I'm not trying to say that we shouldn't have lobbyists or we shouldn't have lobbying to petition our government. It's in the Constitution, and it's something that should be honorable and good.
Jack Abramoff
Government
Good
Constitution
Lobbying
Lobbyists
Honorable
Our
Say
Bad
Something
Bad Thing
Trying
Should
Petition
Thing
We have a culture of political corruption in Jefferson City. We have corrupt politicians, well-paid lobbyists and special-interest insiders taking the state in the wrong direction.
Eric Greitens
Corruption
Culture
Political
Politicians
Lobbyists
State
City
Corrupt
Direction
Wrong
Taking
Wrong Direction
Jefferson
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